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noun (fish, singular): there is + a bream
可指淡水鳊鱼或海鲷鱼；作单数时用 a bream。
There is a bream in the river.
河里有一条鳊鱼。
鳊鱼肉
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鳊鱼肉
flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
There is a bream in the river.
河里有一条鳊鱼。
欧洲淡水鲤科鱼(Abramis属),食用价值低,有多个种类。
A European fresh-water cyprinoid fish of the genus Abramis, little valued as food. Several species are known.
北美或欧洲的各种淡水鱼的肉
flesh of various freshwater fishes of North America or of Europe
美国淡水鱼(Lepomis属及近缘属多种),也称太阳鱼和池塘鱼。
An American fresh-water fish, of various species of Lepomis and allied genera, which are also called sunfishes and pondfishes.
鲷科或鲳科各种海水鱼的肉
flesh of any of various saltwater fishes of the family Sparidae or the family Bramidae
We saw a bream in the clear water.
我们在清澈的水里看到了一条欧鳊。
They cooked fresh bream with lemon.
他们用柠檬烹制了新鲜的欧鳊。
Breams live in slow-moving rivers.
欧鳊生活在流速缓慢的河流中。
可指淡水鳊鱼或海鲷鱼；作单数时用 a bream。
There is a bream in the river.
河里有一条鳊鱼。
复数形式为 breams。
We caught several breams in the lake.
我们在湖里钓到了几条鳊鱼。
指鱼肉时是不可数名词，不加 -s。
Bream is delicious when fresh.
鳊鱼新鲜时很美味。
作动词时是及物动词，意为“打扫”。
The sailors breamed the ship's bottom.
水手们打扫了船底。
Not this
I breamed my room yesterday.
Use this
I cleaned my room yesterday.
bream 作动词时是航海术语，特指烧刮清扫船底，不能代替普通动词 clean/sweep 表示“打扫房间”。
Not this
The ship breamed yesterday.
Use this
The ship was breamed yesterday.
bream 是及物动词，主语应是施动者；说船被清扫时要用被动语态 was breamed，而不能把船当作主动发出动作的主语。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
海鲷
Sea bream is a popular fish in Mediterranean cooking.
海鲷是地中海烹饪中常见的鱼。
淡水欧鳊
Freshwater bream can be found in many European rivers.
许多欧洲河流中都有淡水欧鳊。
欧鳊垂钓
They went bream fishing early in the morning.
他们一大早就去钓欧鳊了。
烤欧鳊
The grilled bream was seasoned with herbs and lemon.
烤欧鳊用香草和柠檬调味。
欧鳊鱼片
The recipe calls for two bream fillets.
食谱需要两块欧鳊鱼片。
黑鲷
Black bream are common along the southern coast of Australia.
黑鲷在澳大利亚南部沿海很常见。
发长 /iː/ 音 (如 sea, tea)
Same pattern, same sound
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bream 与 brim 同音：想象鳊鱼顶着宽帽檐，记住它是鱼。
语域：neutral 常见场景：cooking、fishing、biology 该词兼有名词和动词两种词性；这里只分析名词的“鳊鱼/鲷鱼”义。名词用法多用于菜谱、垂钓和生物学语境，语气中性；动词义较少见。
所有以-eam结尾的词（如dream, stream, cream, beam, seam, team）都与bream押韵，发音中元音和结尾辅音相同（/im/）。注意像bread, breast, break, breath这样的词虽然拼写相似，但发音不同，元音不同。
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